Barely Tolerable Novels & Stories

Life has never been easy for June Hailey. From a young age, she's carried the weight of raising her siblings, taking on various menial jobs including exotic dancing. She's barely staying afloat as it is, the last thing she needs is Ollie Kane. A cocky, charming bored-to-death billionaire who has made her his object of fascination. She knows all too well what men like Ollie want from her and she vows to never be another conquest to him. But when circumstances force her into his arms, she finds herself playing his dangerous game. Their arrangement is simple: sex, nothing. more. Easy, right? Wrong.

The Underboss, Gio Rocco, told me that during yesterday's hit by a rival clan, my husband, Don Domenico De Luca, and his secretary were caught together in a compromising situation. When our men broke in, the secretary had barely managed to put her clothes back on. I don't want to believe it, but when I enter the conference room and see the delicate, helpless woman in Domenico's arms, it suddenly seems laughable. Anger surges through me, and I storm up to Domenico. He instinctively steps in front of the woman, shielding her. I press my gun against his forehead. "Domenico, let's get a divorce," I say coldly.

"Fine!" I acquiescently cave in. "He better keeps his eyes off of you, or I'll poke his eyeballs out of its socket!" I grumbled exasperatedly. She just shook her head again in disbelief. It seems like it's becoming her habit soon. After a few minutes, he came back, and he barely glances to her side which made me happy. That guy is not stupid after all. I know, I am very possessive, but I'm just protecting what's mine. Whatever is mine, is mine alone, and sharing is not on my vocabulary. Deceitful Lies, Betrayal, Revenge, all in the name of Love. Will they both find their happy-ever-after?

Tammy, who my husband Steven used to mentor, was in the car crash with me. My liver had ruptured. I was drenched in blood. Steven didn't even flinch. He yanked Tammy out first, and she only had a scratch on her forehead. While I was unconscious, barely hanging on, he was freaking out about her getting a scar. When I came to, completely done, I chucked the divorce papers at his face. He went feral—ripped them up and said I'd only leave him over his dead body. I used to hate when he pulled that line. But now? If that's what it takes, so be it.

She woke up married to a man she doesn’t remember choosing. Everyone says she loved him enough to sign away her life. He says she’s always been his. But Elara remembers only fear… and rain. That night, Mr. Quinn found her beneath the storm—broken, fading, barely alive. And everything she thought she knew about her life began to unravel from there. Her past? A lie. Her enemies? Still watching. And Mr. Quinn… is the only man who ever came for her when no one else did. Now he’s not letting her go. Not even the truth can take her from him.

Eighteen years old Lu Xinya had barely just placed her life on track. Young Lord of the Hacker Alliance. Heir to Lu Corporations. And Student with two majors. So what is this about marrying Mu Feng? Hey why don't you ask for my permission first? Everyone says the Smith family doesn't treat her well but who knows "Xin'er, your dad and I are preparing to go abroad, come with us?" "No need" "Your husband bought the limited edition bag for you". "Return it." An exciting tale of a young girl who slowly discovers that all around her were buried secrets each more intriguing than the next.

"Marry me!." The words were out of my mouth even before I realized it. And that was how it started for Jazmine, who could barely make ends meet for herself and her siblings who their parents had abandoned and Ferdinand, the heir to J and J Consortium. That would only get his company when he gets married to the right candidate. Both, under the influence of the contract marraige, ate the forbidden fruit and fell in love, but it could only last for so long with their last threatening to destroy what they were building. Jazmine was stuck between choosing love or leaving it for the rich and the strong hearted. Ferdinand is stuck between going back to being a playboy or to stay faithful to the woman his wife really was

Layla Thompson had one rule — marry for love. Then her grandfather dropped a bomb that shattered everything. Years ago he signed a contract. His granddaughter for the Lawson grandson. A business arrangement sealed before she was old enough to fight it. Ian Lawson is New York’s most arrogant, most infuriating billionaire. The last man on earth Layla would choose. Unfortunately she has already met him. And their first encounter was a disaster. Now they are enemies forced to share a last name. Two people who can barely stand to be in the same room, bound together by old men and older promises. Hate me, husband. Because loving you was never part of the deal.

Does being an Omega make one a lesser wolf? I don't think so but things are different for Adeline Careen Maxwell who is an Omega at the West Ring Pack. Here, she's barely surviving since her parents died in a fire accident over a year ago. Even before their death, their life wasn't any better. At the moment, she's working day and night at the Pack house as a maid and she gets a lot of ill treatment from the alpha's son, Jaxon Waylon who always manhandles her especially when they cross paths. He hates her with all that he has. Will things get better for Adeline when she hits eighteen and ready to meet her mate?

Iris did not apply to Aethon Academy. She was taken. One minute she was in her school bathroom. The next she was inside a hidden supernatural world with no way home and no explanation she was willing to accept. They say she belongs here. They say the werewolf bite she barely remembers from when she was ten is the reason. What they are not telling her is everything else. Now she is navigating a world built on power she does not officially have, four supernatural men who will not leave her alone, and something growing inside her blood that is starting to feel like it has a mind of its own. She has one silver eye that sees the truth in people. She is starting to wonder if anyone here deserves to know hers.